Cajuns To Open SBC Tournament vs Arkansas State

Cajuns To Open SBC Tournament vs Arkansas State
Match 33: No. 6 Louisiana (20-12, 9-11 Sun Belt) vs No. 3 Arkansas State (20-9, 15-5 Sun Belt)
Thursday, Nov. 24 • 5:00 p.m. (CST) • Strahan Coliseum (7,200)
SBC Tournament Championship Central

Game Notes/Previews: Louisiana | Arkansas State
Ragin' Cajuns Twitter: @ULRaginCajuns | @UL_Volleyball
Opponents Twitter: @stAteVolleyball

FOR STARTERS
The Ragin' Cajuns will open up the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Thursday as the No. 6 seed, taking on No. 3 Arkansas State in the opening round at 5:00 p.m.

With a win, UL would notch its first SBC Tournament win since 2001 and take on the winner of No. 2 Texas State and No. 7 Georgia State. The Cajuns are 4-10 all-time in the SBC Tournament, going 2-1 in those matches against Arkansas State.

Fans are encouraged to follow @UL_Volleyball on Twitter for in-game updates, and @ULRaginCajuns for all Ragin' Cajun Athletics updates. Live stats will be available for each match of the week, while a live video streams will be available for each match as well.

NEXT WEEK
Should the Ragin' Cajuns clinch a berth in the SBC Tournament, they will open up the event on Thanksgiving Day in San Marcos with time and opponent to be determined after the conclusion of league play on Sunday.

QUICK HITS

- Sunday's win over ULM eclipsed last season's win total for the Cajuns, giving them their first 20-win season since 1990.

- Head coach Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot eclipsed the 100-win plateau at Louisiana with a win at South Alabama on Nov. 7. The win made her the third head coach in program history to reach 100 wins as a Ragin' Cajun. The only two other UL head coaches to do so are Wilo Colon (132) and Sherry LeBas (111).

- UL's win at South Alabama was the ninth time UL has been stretched to five sets this season, going 6-3 in those matches. It is the most five-set matches in a season for the Ragin' Cajuns since the 1991 had nine five-setters, and the the most five-set wins since the 1990 team picked up six wins in the full five sets.

- Senior Caitlyn Auxilien's recently moved past Erika Castro for third all-time at UL in career digs and now has 1,750 for her career. She trails Lindsay Brown by 113 for second place.

- Andrea Hole ranks fifth in the SBC with 10.12 assists per set. She surpassed the 2,000-assist mark for her career at Texas State and her 2,651 assists currently ranks third all-time at UL in the rally era at Louisiana. She needs 97 assists this year to move into the all-time career top five at UL, and 10 to move into third on the single-season assists list.

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